Lake Kemp, Texas climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Lake Kemp's normal year runs from 31°F January nights to 97°F July afternoons, with 25.1 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.7°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 36°C, 639 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLake Kemp
- Station IDUSC00414982
- Location33.75°N 99.14°W
- Elevation1,167 ft (356 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Lake Kemp is 75°F and the normal low 51°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 16%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lake Kemp.
- Jan 54° 31°
- Feb 58° 34°
- Mar 67° 42°
- Apr 76° 50°
- May 84° 61°
- Jun 92° 69°
- Jul 97° 74°
- Aug 96° 73°
- Sep 88° 65°
- Oct 77° 53°
- Nov 64° 42°
- Dec 55° 33°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Lake Kemp each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 31°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.59 in), the least in January (1.10 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 31°F | 42.2°F | 1.10 | 0.5 | 3 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 58°F | 34°F | 45.8°F | 1.36 | 0.3 | 4 | <1 | 12 | 11 h |
| March | 67°F | 42°F | 54.5°F | 1.81 | 0.0 | 4 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 76°F | 50°F | 63.0°F | 1.88 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 61°F | 72.4°F | 3.59 | 0.0 | 6 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 92°F | 69°F | 80.7°F | 3.21 | 0.0 | 6 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 97°F | 74°F | 85.1°F | 2.14 | 0.0 | 5 | 28 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 96°F | 73°F | 84.3°F | 2.10 | 0.0 | 4 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 88°F | 65°F | 76.1°F | 2.60 | 0.0 | 5 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 77°F | 53°F | 65.3°F | 2.59 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 42°F | 53.1°F | 1.57 | 0.7 | 4 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 55°F | 33°F | 44.0°F | 1.19 | 0.6 | 3 | <1 | 15 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 52°F | 63.9°F | 25.14 | 2.1 | 53 | 110 | 54 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | −1°C | 5.7°C | 28 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 14°C | 1°C | 7.7°C | 35 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 19°C | 6°C | 12.5°C | 46 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 24°C | 10°C | 17.2°C | 48 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 29°C | 16°C | 22.4°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 27.1°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 36°C | 23°C | 29.5°C | 54 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 36°C | 23°C | 29.1°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 31°C | 18°C | 24.5°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 25°C | 12°C | 18.5°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 18°C | 5°C | 11.7°C | 40 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 13°C | 0°C | 6.7°C | 30 mm | 2 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00414982; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Lake Kemp?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May and October. Of those, March has the fewest days with rain (4).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00414982.
When is the last frost at Lake Kemp?
In Lake Kemp, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 20 in half of years and after April 5 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 13 in half of years and before October 29 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 201 year in 10 after April 5; 9 in 10 after February 28
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 131 year in 10 before October 29; 9 in 10 before December 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 238 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 262 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 7 in half of springs and before November 26 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lake Kemp in zone 8a in ZIP code 76380, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (25 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00414982; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Lake Kemp?
In a normal year in Lake Kemp, 110 days a year reach 90°F (35 of them 100°F or more), 54 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 53 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 110a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 35a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 54a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 53a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1962) is 115°F, on June 29, 1980; the lowest is −6°F, on December 24, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 42.83 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 15.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00414982; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00414982. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Lake Kemp?
Over a year 83% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Lake Kemp, 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 81% | 3.2 |
| February | 76% | 3.8 |
| March | 79% | 5.0 |
| April | 82% | 6.1 |
| May | 81% | 6.5 |
| June | 88% | 7.2 |
| July | 89% | 7.0 |
| August | 88% | 6.4 |
| September | 85% | 5.3 |
| October | 83% | 4.3 |
| November | 82% | 3.3 |
| December | 78% | 2.8 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Lake Kemp record?
A normal year at Lake Kemp brings 2,892 heating degree days, 46% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,517 cooling degree days, 2.8 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,960 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 707 | 0 |
| February | 539 | 2 |
| March | 344 | 19 |
| April | 138 | 77 |
| May | 25 | 252 |
| June | 1 | 472 |
| July | 0 | 622 |
| August | 0 | 600 |
| September | 10 | 344 |
| October | 107 | 116 |
| November | 370 | 13 |
| December | 651 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,892 | 2,517 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00414982. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Lake Kemp been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 66.2°F, 2.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 63.9°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64.6°F | +0.7°F | 22.82 | – |
| 2022 | 65.7°F | +1.8°F | 21.68 | – |
| 2023 | 66.7°F | +2.8°F | 24.67 | – |
| 2024 | 67.4°F | +3.5°F | 29.68 | 0.5 |
| 2025 | 66.2°F | +2.3°F | 26.80 | 1.8 |
Over 34 complete years from 1978 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 8.1°F per century (+0.45°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00414982; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lake Kemp's climate compare?
Lake Kemp is warmer than 91 of the 321 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 111. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.9°F is warmer than 85%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lake Kemp is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Questions about Lake Kemp's climate
What is the coldest month at Lake Kemp?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 31°F. The warmest is July (97°F by day, 74°F at night).
Does it snow at Lake Kemp?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in November (0.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Lake Kemp?
May, with 3.59 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.10 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lake Kemp in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lake Kemp in zone 8a in ZIP code 76380, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come at Lake Kemp?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 20; in one year in ten it comes after April 5. Waiting until April 5 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Seymour, TX11 miles from this station, 63.1°F a year
- Vernon, TX29 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Archer City, TX30 miles from this station, 64.5°F a year
- Throckmorton (10 mi N), TX30 miles from this station, 63.9°F a year
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